Effects of omitting elective neck irradiation to nodal Level IB in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with negative Level IB lymph nodes treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a Phase 2 study.

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Published in Br J Radiol on July 04, 2016

Authors

Mei Li1, Xiao-Guang Huang2, Zhi-Ning Yang1, Jia-Yang Lu1, Yi-Zhou Zhan1, Wen-Jia Xie1, Dong-Jie Zhou1, Li Wang1, Di-Xia Zhu1, Zhi-Xiong Lin1

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
2: 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, China.

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